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Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam
Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City.
Saigon Central Post Office (Vietnamese: Bưu điện Trung tâm Sài Gòn) is a post office in the downtown Ho Chi Minh City, near Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city's main church. The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the early 20th century. It has a Gothic architectural style. It was designed and constructed by the famous architect Gustave Eiffel in harmony with the surrounding area. Today, the building is a tourist attraction.
Inside the Saigon Central Post office of special note are two painted maps that were created just after the post office was first built, the first one located on the left side of the building is a map of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia titled ‘Lignes telegraphiques du Sud Vietnam et Cambodge 1892′ which translates to ‘Telegraphic lines of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia 1892” The second map of greater Saigon is titled ‘Saigon et ses environs 1892′ translating to ‘Sai Gon and its environment 1892
having toast caprese for lunch called for a nice espresso afterwards/
the green table brought to you by my office mate who though we need some colour in our office.
Testing coping E6 transparencies with the a6000
Second post of this image but different technique ...
I used to get some nice radio programs from the ABC on my transistor during the day..
"PROJECT TURNKEY"
THE WORLD'S FIRST FULLY AUTOMATIC POST
OFFICE. Built at a cost of almost $20,000,000
and dedicated on October 20, 1960.
Dated August 26, 1970
This unique post office sits next to railroad tracks and the Ausitn White Lime Processing Plant. It's a hidden jewel few in Austin know about.
Since we put up our tree on Christmas Eve, I didn't get too many opportunities for the mandatory "dog in front of bokehed decorated tree" portrait - so here we go :)
This was taken outside my front door, I decided to leave this crop as I thought it looked a bit more dramatic than straightening it, might be wrong but I like it. Taken about 1:30am. No post produciton, all in camera.
One of my favorite pieces of design & illustration, for one of my favorite movies.
I was looking at old movie posters online today to get inspiration for the JHFF 08.
Located in front of the old Weatherford, Texas post office
Built in 1913, this old post office today houses the District Courts Building in Weatherford. It is a contributing property to the Weatherford Downtown Historic District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
東海道赤坂宿の旅籠 大橋屋
Tōkaidō
東海道 ／ literally, 《Eastern Sea Road》
The highway that ran from Edo (now Tōkyō) to Kyōto, a route of approximately 488 kilometers (303 mi) generally following the Pacific coast; an extension continued to Ōsaka. During its heyday in the Edo period (1600－1868) there were 53 post-station towns along the Tōkaidō offering services for the convenience of travelers. These became famous in art and literature (especially the woodblock prints of Hiroshige) as the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi).
From the time that a central government first crystallized in the Yamato area (around present-day Nara; see Yamato court), the Tōkaidō was the most important route to the east. In the late 12th century the headquarters of the shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo was established at Kamakura, and the Tōkaidō became the main artery between the imperial capital at Kyōto and the military capital at Kamakura. At the beginning of the Edo period the Tokugawa shogunate systematically directed a policy of road improvement with emphasis on the Five Highways (Gokaidō) radiating from Edo, where the shogunate established its capital. The Tōkaidō was one of these. The roadbed averaged about 5.5 meters (18 ft) wide. It consisted of a deep layer of crushed gravel covered with sand, but on mountainous slopes subject to erosion it was paved with stone. Each ri (3.93 km; 2.44 mi) was marked by a mound (ichirizuka) planted with a nettle or pine tree, and stone guideposts pointed the way at crossroads. There was almost no wheeled traffic on the road; bulky cargo moved by sea. Packhorses were shod with straw and led by hostlers (bashaku). The standard vehicle on the Tōkaidō was the palanquin (kago). Most rivers were bridged, had ferries, or could be forded. Large rivers were sometimes rendered impassable by floods. At such times travelers might use the normally more difficult alternate road, the Nakasendō (Central Mountain Road), also called the Kiso Kaidō (Kiso Road).
At governmental barriers (sekisho) travelers were inspected for proof of identity and travel permits. The strictest was Hakone no Seki at Hakone Pass, considered the gateway to the Kantō Plain and Edo. There officials were on the watch for guns being smuggled into the city or women escaping from it; either could signal rebellion (wives and daughters of the daimyō who were away in the provinces were required to reside in Edo as hostages under the system of alternate attendance; see sankin kōtai). Most post stations were under direct shogunate control; the rest were managed by daimyō. Most stages maintained a force of 100 packhorses and 100 porters. When heavy official travel warranted it, each stage had authority to levy men and horses from a designated surrounding area (see sukegō).
Every stage had from about 50 to 200 inns, of varying quality. At the top were one or more honjin (officially appointed inns for daimyō), which had fine rooms and gardens. There were lesser inns (waki honjin, 《side》 or subsidiary honjin) for officials and samurai, inns for ordinary travelers, and flophouses for porters (see kumosuke). Travelers of every status used the road. Of the country's approximately 250 daimyō, about 150 used the Tōkaidō to and from Edo on the journeys required by the system of alternate attendance at the shōgun's court (see daimyō processions). Swift couriers (hikyaku) carried official tidings, and associations of merchants set up courier services to link operations and carry private messages.
A modern highway now overlays part of the Tōkaidō and its route is now roughly paralleled by the tracks of the modern 《bullet train》 (Shinkansen); however, a few short stretches of the old road still exist.
Rochdale Post Office (1875)
Location: 10 Fleece Street
Architect: Office of Works (job architect unidentified)
Date: 1875
Listed building status
Grade II
Archive sources
National Archives WORK 69/6 (photograph)
History
It is not unreasonable to suggest that this building is the work of James Williams.
Closed: to become County Court
Current use: Public house ("Yates")
1982. West Hollywood, California.
This was scanned from a contact sheet.
I will be adding high-res versions of these photos as I can. The negs are somewhat banged-up.
Covington County. Photo by J Gallagher, Jan. 1992.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.